An Answer (to a printed paper dispersed by Sir John Maynard entituled, The humble petition of the owners and commoners of the towne of Isleham in the county of Cambridge, and to the exceptions thereto annexed against the Act for the dreyning of the great level of the fennes) whereby the honour and justice of the late Parliament is vindicated, the scandals and untruths in the said printed paper discovered, some vaine objections answered, and the truth of the proceedings in the work of dreyning (so much conducing to the honour and profit of the Common-wealth) held forth to all sober and uninteressed [sic] persons.
      
       
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             An Answer (to a printed paper dispersed by Sir John Maynard entituled, The humble petition of the owners and commoners of the towne of Isleham in the county of Cambridge, and to the exceptions thereto annexed against the Act for the dreyning of the great level of the fennes) whereby the honour and justice of the late Parliament is vindicated, the scandals and untruths in the said printed paper discovered, some vaine objections answered, and the truth of the proceedings in the work of dreyning (so much conducing to the honour and profit of the Common-wealth) held forth to all sober and uninteressed [sic] persons.
             Maynard, John, Sir. Humble petition of the owners and commoners of the towne of Isleham in the county of Cambridge.
          
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             1653.
          
           
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           Reclamation of land -- Law and legislation -- England.
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           Fens, The (England)
        
      
    
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           AN
           ANSWER
           (
           To
           a
           printed
           Paper
           dispersed
           by
           Sir
           
             John
             Maynard
          
           entituled
           
             The
             humble
             Petition
          
           of
           the
           Owners
           and
           Commoners
           of
           the
           Towne
           of
           
             Isleham
          
           in
           the
           
             County
             of
          
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Exceptions
           thereto
           annexed
           against
           the
           Act
           for
           the
           dreyning
           of
           the
           great
           Level
           of
           the
           Fennes
           ;
           )
           whereby
           the
           Honour
           and
           Iustice
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           is
           vindicated
           ,
           the
           scandals
           and
           untruths
           in
           the
           said
           printed
           paper
           discovered
           ,
           some
           vaine
           Objections
           answered
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           proceedings
           in
           that
           work
           of
           Dreyning
           (
           so
           much
           conducing
           to
           the
           honour
           and
           profit
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           )
           held
           forth
           to
           all
           sober
           and
           uninteressed
           persons
           .
        
         
           THE
           substance
           of
           the
           said
           Petition
           falling
           under
           these
           four
           Generals
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           First
           ,
           that
           parties
           interessed
           are
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           made
           Judges
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Act
           destroyes
           propriety
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Act
           doth
           enact
           impossibilities
           and
           falsities
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           Dreyning
           is
           declared
           a
           Monopoly
           by
           the
           Remonstrance
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           in
           the
           year
           1641
           and
           the
           said
           Act
           obtained
           ,
           because
           
             there
             were
             so
             many
             Parliament
             men
             parties
             interessed
             when
             the
             said
             Act
             was
             passing
             ,
             the
             Petitioners
             being
             unheard
             .
          
           It
           is
           answered
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           That
           this
           charge
           is
           uncertaine
           and
           scandalous
           ;
           There
           being
           no
           particular
           person
           named
           ,
           nor
           in
           truth
           could
           they
           justly
           name
           any
           ;
           for
           amongst
           the
           Judges
           named
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           (
           which
           are
           above
           sixty
           in
           number
           )
           there
           is
           never
           a
           party
           interessed
           named
           a
           Judge
           (
           but
           
             Iohn
             Trenchard
          
           Esquire
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           Adventurer
           for
           one
           thousand
           Acres
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           declared
           he
           was
           a
           party
           interessed
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           act
           as
           a
           Judge
           .
           )
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Iudges
           of
           the
           Courts
           of
           
             Westminster
          
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           in
           succession
           ,
           being
           appointed
           Judges
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           in
           general
           words
           and
           not
           by
           name
           ,
           It
           fell
           out
           that
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           
             Saint
             Iohn
             ,
          
           who
           was
           an
           Adventurer
           for
           one
           thousand
           Acres
           onely
           ,
           was
           then
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           never
           appeared
           or
           acted
           in
           the
           businesse
           ,
           or
           was
           present
           at
           any
           Session
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           Judges
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           second
           Charge
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Act
           destroyes
           propriety
           :
           It
           is
           answered
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           a
           mistake
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Supreme
           power
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           to
           compel
           every
           man
           so
           to
           use
           his
           owne
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           common
           good
           (
           yet
           with
           as
           little
           
           prejudice
           to
           each
           particular
           as
           may
           be
           )
           and
           this
           hath
           been
           observed
           in
           all
           times
           upon
           various
           occasions
           ;
           whereof
           instances
           are
           obvious
           :
           And
           in
           particular
           ,
           of
           recovering
           surrounded
           grounds
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Stat.
           of
           23.
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           13.
           for
           dreyning
           the
           Marshes
           of
           
             Erith
             ,
          
           and
           
             Plumpsted
             ,
          
           and
           a
           moiety
           given
           for
           dreyning
           :
           The
           Stat.
           4to
           
             Iaco.
             cap.
          
           8o
           for
           dreyning
           the
           Marshes
           of
           
             Lesnes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Font
          
           in
           
             Kent
          
           :
           and
           a
           moiety
           given
           for
           dreyning
           ;
           In
           both
           which
           cases
           they
           were
           freed
           from
           tithes
           for
           seven
           years
           as
           a
           priviledge
           and
           incouragement
           of
           their
           industry
           .
           And
           when
           they
           could
           not
           dreyn
           it
           within
           the
           time
           limited
           ,
           the
           time
           was
           lengthened
           and
           more
           lands
           given
           ,
           and
           yet
           these
           undertakers
           were
           to
           maintaine
           the
           work
           but
           one
           year
           ,
           and
           the
           undertakers
           by
           this
           Act
           are
           to
           maintaine
           this
           Level
           for
           ever
           ;
           By
           the
           Statute
           of
           4o
           
             Iaco.
             cap.
          
           13.
           a
           place
           called
           
             Waldersey
          
           in
           the
           Isle
           
             Elie
             ,
          
           is
           appointed
           to
           be
           dreyned
           by
           undertakers
           ,
           and
           two
           third
           parts
           given
           for
           dreyning
           .
           And
           the
           benefit
           redownding
           to
           the
           Common-Wealth
           by
           such
           dreyning
           appears
           in
           a
           great
           part
           by
           the
           very
           Statute
           of
           43o
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
          
           11o
           (
           mentioned
           by
           the
           Petitioners
           )
           
             viz.
             not
             onely
             great
             and
             inestimable
             benefit
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             increase
             of
             able
             people
             :
          
           And
           this
           very
           Level
           of
           the
           Fens
           hath
           been
           several
           times
           heretofore
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           dreyned
           by
           others
           ,
           though
           in
           vaine
           ;
           and
           was
           a
           work
           worthy
           of
           the
           care
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           so
           expressed
           in
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           thereby
           to
           recover
           above
           300000.
           acres
           of
           surrounded
           grounds
           for
           arrable
           Meadow
           ,
           and
           Pasture
           :
           and
           not
           onely
           fit
           for
           cole-seed
           (
           though
           oile
           be
           no
           contemptible
           commodity
           to
           this
           Nation
           )
           but
           for
           wheat
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           graine
           ,
           and
           for
           hemp
           ,
           and
           flax
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           of
           great
           concernment
           to
           this
           Common-Wealth
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           desire
           to
           be
           further
           satisfied
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           this
           work
           ,
           let
           him
           consult
           
             Mercators
             Geography
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           printed
           at
           
             Amsterdam
          
           in
           1636.
           fo.
           67.
           wherein
           the
           fame
           of
           the
           undertaking
           is
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           published
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           though
           undervalued
           by
           some
           of
           this
           Nation
           who
           are
           ignorant
           of
           the
           concerment
           of
           this
           Common-Wealth
           therein
           .
        
         
           And
           men
           which
           broach
           such
           principles
           ,
           as
           
             that
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
          
           (
           wherein
           all
           mens
           consents
           are
           included
           )
           
             destroy
             propriety
          
           ;
           would
           be
           carefully
           heeded
           in
           time
           ;
           lest
           the
           consequence
           may
           tend
           to
           bring
           in
           question
           ,
           not
           only
           many
           things
           well
           setled
           by
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           for
           publick
           good
           in
           most
           (
           if
           not
           all
           )
           former
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           interrupt
           the
           great
           affaires
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           if
           such
           an
           unsound
           ,
           destructive
           principle
           (
           
             That
             a
             Commoners
             right
             cannot
             be
             bound
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             )
          
           should
           be
           taken
           up
           by
           tumultuous
           giddy
           people
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           third
           Charge
           of
           impossibility
           and
           falsities
           in
           the
           Act
           ;
           It
           is
           answered
           by
           denial
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           any
           impossibility
           or
           falsity
           in
           the
           Act
           ;
           for
           it
           appears
           to
           any
           man
           that
           will
           have
           patience
           ,
           carefully
           to
           peruse
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           that
           only
           the
           
             surrounded
             grounds
          
           within
           the
           said
           Level
           are
           to
           be
           dreyned
           ,
           
           and
           no
           other
           :
           and
           if
           any
           person
           be
           compelled
           to
           contribute
           to
           the
           dreyning
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           bettered
           thereby
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           Judges
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           have
           power
           to
           give
           relief
           ;
           And
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           have
           likewise
           for
           ease
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           authorized
           other
           Commissioners
           ,
           living
           in
           the
           said
           Level
           ,
           and
           near
           thereunto
           to
           heare
           and
           determine
           the
           same
           upon
           the
           place
           in
           a
           short
           and
           easie
           way
           .
           And
           it
           is
           an
           unheard
           of
           boldnesse
           to
           charge
           the
           Parliament
           with
           falsity
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           declared
           by
           them
           in
           the
           Act
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           consequence
           no
           other
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           lesse
           certain
           then
           a
           Chancery-Decree
           ,
           and
           subject
           to
           re-examination
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           it
           shall
           please
           any
           troublesome
           discontented
           person
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           last
           Charge
           ,
           That
           this
           dreyning
           was
           declared
           a
           Monopoly
           ,
           by
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           in
           1641.
           
           And
           the
           said
           Act
           unduly
           obtained
           ,
           
             By
             reason
             so
             many
             Parliament
             men
             became
             interessed
             therein
             ,
             at
             the
             passing
             of
             the
             said
             Act
          
           ;
           It
           is
           answered
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Charge
           is
           grounded
           upon
           a
           mistake
           ,
           the
           said
           Declaration
           being
           against
           Improvements
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           Commons
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           Queen
           ,
           and
           other
           Lords
           of
           Mannors
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Commoners
           without
           Law
           ,
           
           whereas
           the
           work
           of
           dreyning
           this
           Level
           ,
           was
           then
           under
           the
           care
           of
           a
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           dreyning
           thereof
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           be
           a
           
             great
             work
          
           And
           no
           colour
           of
           a
           Monopoly
           if
           the
           Act
           be
           perused
           ;
           and
           the
           very
           original
           undertaking
           proceeds
           from
           the
           sollicitation
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           this
           Charge
           ,
           of
           the
           undue
           gaining
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           through
           the
           interest
           of
           Parliament
           men
           :
           It
           is
           answered
           that
           this
           general
           Charge
           ,
           without
           naming
           any
           particular
           person
           ,
           is
           in
           it self
           a
           great
           scandal
           to
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           affirmed
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           truth
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           but
           foure
           Members
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           claimed
           to
           be
           Adventurers
           ,
           (
           and
           foure
           are
           no
           great
           number
           amongst
           some
           hundreds
           of
           Parliament
           men
           ,
           )
           and
           yet
           those
           foure
           were
           excluded
           by
           Order
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           Vote
           at
           the
           debate
           of
           the
           businesse
           ,
           
           and
           all
           their
           Adventure-Lands
           together
           ,
           but
           3050.
           
           Acres
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           so
           little
           value
           and
           concernment
           to
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           lost
           their
           land
           for
           not
           paying
           taxes
           .
           And
           of
           those
           foure
           also
           ,
           when
           the
           said
           Act
           passed
           ,
           there
           was
           but
           one
           single
           person
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           namely
           the
           said
           Mr.
           
             Trenchard
          
           )
           who
           sate
           in
           the
           house
           at
           passing
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           ;
           and
           surely
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Maynard
             ,
          
           (
           who
           was
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           present
           at
           most
           of
           the
           debates
           touching
           the
           said
           dreyning
           )
           cannot
           but
           feare
           some
           condigne
           punishment
           to
           overtake
           him
           ,
           thus
           to
           traduce
           and
           scandalize
           the
           Supream
           Powers
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           Charge
           ,
           that
           the
           Petitioners
           were
           not
           heard
           ;
           It
           is
           answered
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           made
           good
           to
           every
           mans
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           late
           Parli
           .
           in
           consideration
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           before
           they
           proceeded
           therein
           ,
           sent
           letters
           to
           the
           several
           Sheriffes
           of
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Norfolk
             ,
             
             Suffolk
             ,
             Lincolne
             ,
             Northampton
             ,
             Huntington
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           and
           also
           to
           the
           town
           of
           
             Lynne
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           respective
           Counties
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Elie
             ,
          
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           as
           desired
           to
           be
           heard
           should
           attend
           the
           Committee
           ;
           and
           notice
           was
           accordingly
           given
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Countrey
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           were
           heard
           what
           they
           could
           say
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Maynard
             ,
          
           and
           these
           three
           things
           were
           chiefly
           in
           debate
           before
           the
           said
           Committee
           ;
           1.
           
           Whether
           the
           said
           Level
           were
           hurtfully
           surrounded
           .
           2.
           
           Whether
           the
           work
           was
           feasible
           .
           And
           3.
           
           Whether
           it
           were
           beneficial
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           And
           after
           Witnesses
           examined
           at
           the
           said
           Committee
           ,
           and
           above
           fourty
           hearings
           before
           them
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           space
           of
           almost
           three
           years
           )
           and
           satisfaction
           given
           therein
           ,
           and
           many
           amendments
           made
           ,
           and
           provisions
           inserted
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Countrey
           (
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           Councel
           for
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           )
           the
           said
           Act
           passed
           .
           And
           thus
           farre
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           said
           paper
           called
           the
           Petition
           .
        
         
           
             Here
             followeth
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             Act
             ,
             printed
             with
             the
             said
             Paper
             .
          
           
             FIrst
             ,
             Some
             matters
             of
             fact
             suggested
             in
             those
             Exceptions
             to
             be
             contained
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             are
             either
             maliciously
             ,
             or
             through
             wilful
             ignorance
             mistaken
             ;
             for
             whereas
             it
             is
             suggested
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             
               Thorney-Abbey
            
             is
             excepted
             from
             the
             dreyning
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             and
             hurtfully
             surrounded
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             ,
             that
             
               Thorney-Abbey
            
             is
             not
             excepted
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             but
             contrariwise
             in
             recompence
             of
             the
             dra●●ing
             of
             the
             surrounded
             ground
             of
             
               Thorney
               ,
            
             there
             are
             4000
             acres
             taken
             out
             ,
             and
             adjudged
             to
             the
             undertakers
             as
             part
             of
             the
             95000
             acres
             appointed
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             the
             recompence
             of
             dreyning
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             whereas
             there
             are
             several
             exceptions
             grounded
             upon
             the
             title
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             &
             upon
             pretence
             of
             fallacies
             and
             equivocations
             in
             the
             word
             Level
             ,
             and
             great
             Level
             :
             It
             is
             answered
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             force
             in
             those
             Exceptions
             ,
             for
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             doth
             appoint
             no
             grounds
             to
             be
             dreyned
             ,
             but
             the
             Moores
             ,
             Marishes
             ,
             fenny
             and
             low-surrounded
             grounds
             ,
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             and
             though
             there
             may
             be
             a
             little
             Reed
             grounds
             part
             of
             the
             said
             surrounded
             Level
             ,
             (
             not
             considerable
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             making
             so
             many
             thousand
             Acres
             improveable
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             )
             the
             same
             ought
             not
             to
             hinder
             so
             publick
             a
             work
             :
             And
             for
             such
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             where
             sedge
             is
             only
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             it
             is
             apparent
             ,
             and
             every
             mans
             reason
             will
             conclude
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             but
             be
             of
             greater
             concernment
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             to
             improve
             it
             for
             Meddow-pasture
             or
             Arrable
             ;
             and
             for
             Osyers
             and
             other
             plants
             of
             that
             nature
             they
             will
             be
             very
             much
             increased
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Exceptions
             of
             the
             Preamble
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             which
             recites
             ,
             that
             
             the
             said
             surrounded
             grounds
             have
             been
             of
             small
             and
             uncertain
             profit
             ,
             but
             if
             dreyned
             ,
             may
             be
             improved
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             suggestion
             in
             the
             Exceptions
             ,
             of
             the
             profit
             made
             before
             the
             dreyning
             ;
             It
             s
             evident
             ,
             that
             the
             stock
             of
             Cattel
             of
             all
             sorts
             kept
             by
             the
             Commoners
             generally
             in
             the
             Fens
             now
             ,
             are
             more
             then
             doubled
             to
             what
             they
             were
             before
             the
             first
             undertaking
             of
             dreyning
             by
             the
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
            
             ;
             and
             many
             thousand
             Acres
             of
             the
             said
             Fennes
             sowne
             already
             with
             Wheat
             ,
             Rie
             ,
             Barley
             ,
             Beanes
             ,
             Oates
             ,
             Cole-seed
             ,
             Rape-feed
             ,
             Hemp
             and
             Flax
             ;
             the
             latter
             whereof
             ,
             though
             by
             the
             printed
             Paper
             stiled
             trash
             and
             trumpery
             ,
             yet
             to
             such
             as
             know
             the
             concernments
             of
             this
             Common-wealth
             ,
             are
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             absolute
             necessity
             ,
             yet
             certainly
             of
             great
             and
             high
             advantage
             to
             this
             Nation
             .
             And
             the
             Customes
             at
             the
             Port
             of
             
               Lynne
               ,
            
             for
             such
             of
             the
             said
             Commodities
             ,
             as
             were
             thence
             transported
             for
             the
             yeare
             ,
             ending
             in
             
               June
               ,
            
             1653.
             came
             to
             about
             1300
             li.
             besides
             what
             was
             used
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             the
             advantage
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             by
             setting
             many
             thousands
             of
             poor
             people
             on
             work
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Exception
             mentioned
             to
             be
             the
             third
             ,
             touching
             the
             particular
             bounds
             of
             the
             Level
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Petitioners
             referre
             to
             their
             first
             Exception
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             in
             the
             former
             Answer
             to
             that
             particular
             ,
             wherby
             it
             will
             appear
             the
             grosse
             mistake
             of
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             as
             conceiving
             that
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             to
             be
             dreyned
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             did
             comprehend
             all
             the
             grounds
             within
             those
             bounds
             ,
             whereas
             it
             is
             only
             the
             Moores
             ,
             Marishes
             ,
             Fenny
             and
             low
             grounds
             within
             those
             bounds
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             ,
             which
             appeares
             by
             the
             plain
             words
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Objection
             ,
             that
             the
             consideration
             moving
             the
             passing
             the
             said
             Act
             was
             that
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
            
             had
             95000
             acres
             decreed
             to
             him
             in
             the
             thirteenth
             year
             of
             King
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             which
             decree
             was
             procured
             by
             bribing
             the
             King
             with
             12000.
             acres
             and
             that
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             was
             not
             had
             thereunto
             according
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             fourty
             third
             year
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             It
             is
             answered
             ,
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             Petitioners
             wilfully
             omit
             the
             first
             and
             maine
             consideration
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             now
             E.
             of
             
               Bedford
               ,
            
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             
               Francis
            
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
            
             (
             a
             man
             known
             to
             be
             of
             a
             publick
             spirit
             )
             did
             undertake
             the
             said
             dreining
             ,
             which
             undertaking
             was
             in
             the
             year
             1630.
             (
             seven
             yeares
             before
             the
             said
             decree
             )
             and
             not
             a
             businesse
             sought
             by
             him
             ,
             but
             a
             work
             whereinto
             he
             was
             drawn
             after
             two
             years
             consideration
             ,
             and
             solicitation
             of
             many
             worthy
             persons
             Lords
             and
             Owners
             of
             the
             said
             Fennes
             ,
             and
             after
             many
             attempts
             and
             former
             undertakings
             by
             others
             ,
             which
             proved
             fruitlesse
             .
             And
             there
             were
             no
             lesse
             then
             fourty
             seven
             Commissioners
             (
             all
             Land-owners
             within
             the
             said
             Level
             )
             who
             made
             it
             their
             suite
             in
             behalf
             of
             themselves
             and
             the
             Country
             ,
             to
             undertake
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             offered
             him
             95000
             acres
             for
             recompence
             of
             the
             dreyning
             :
             which
             was
             as
             little
             ,
             if
             not
             a
             lesse
             proportion
             of
             ground
             then
             any
             other
             would
             accept
             for
             to
             do
             the
             said
             work
             ;
             and
             the
             whole
             businesse
             was
             
             settled
             and
             agreed
             by
             a
             Law
             of
             Sewers
             at
             
               Lyn
            
             in
             
               Norfolk
            
             in
             the
             said
             year
             1630.
             by
             fourty
             seven
             Comissioners
             upon
             their
             oaths
             and
             was
             a
             chief
             and
             prime
             motive
             for
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
             In
             the
             second
             place
             it
             is
             denied
             that
             any
             bribe
             of
             12000.
             acres
             was
             given
             to
             the
             late
             King
             for
             the
             said
             Decree
             of
             the
             thirteenth
             year
             of
             the
             said
             late
             King
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             apprehended
             that
             any
             such
             thing
             shold
             be
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             said
             decree
             of
             the
             thirteenth
             yeare
             of
             the
             said
             King
             did
             onely
             set
             out
             the
             95000.
             acres
             ,
             after
             the
             work
             adjudged
             done
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Sewers
             made
             at
             
               Lin
               ,
            
             in
             the
             said
             year
             1630.
             was
             decreed
             to
             be
             set
             out
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             said
             Law
             of
             Sewers
             made
             at
             
               Lynne
               ,
            
             (
             which
             was
             near
             seven
             years
             before
             the
             said
             dreyning
             ,
             )
             that
             the
             late
             King
             was
             to
             have
             12000.
             
             Acres
             ,
             parcell
             of
             the
             said
             95000.
             
             Acres
             ,
             but
             for
             what
             consideration
             ,
             or
             upon
             what
             agreement
             ,
             the
             present
             undertakers
             are
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             materiall
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             engaging
             their
             estates
             in
             the
             said
             work
             of
             dreyning
             upon
             the
             strength
             and
             security
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             which
             gave
             them
             as
             well
             the
             said
             12000.
             acres
             ,
             as
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             95000
             ,
             acres
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             they
             had
             never
             engaged
             in
             the
             said
             work
             ,
             or
             adventured
             any
             further
             summe
             of
             money
             therein
             .
             And
             to
             the
             last
             part
             of
             this
             Exception
             ,
             it
             is
             answered
             ,
             that
             it
             carries
             no
             weight
             in
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             if
             the
             said
             work
             of
             dreyning
             had
             been
             pursuant
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             43.
             year
             of
             Queene
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             it
             would
             not
             have
             needed
             any
             new
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
             And
             it
             is
             very
             clear
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             43.
             year
             of
             the
             late
             Queene
             ,
             had
             power
             to
             make
             one
             Law
             for
             dreyning
             ,
             so
             the
             late
             Parliament
             might
             ,
             and
             all
             succeeding
             Parliaments
             may
             make
             other
             Lawes
             likewise
             for
             dreyning
             and
             improving
             lands
             for
             publike
             advantage
             .
             And
             in
             truth
             in
             a
             work
             of
             so
             great
             concernment
             ,
             and
             vaste
             circuit
             of
             grounds
             ,
             and
             wherein
             so
             many
             persons
             were
             concerned
             ,
             as
             Lords
             and
             Commoners
             .
             It
             was
             almost
             ,
             if
             not
             altogether
             impossible
             to
             know
             who
             were
             the
             major
             part
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             major
             part
             .
             (
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Maynard
            
             acknowledging
             many
             thousand
             persons
             to
             be
             therein
             concerned
             .
             )
             And
             upon
             this
             ground
             it
             was
             necessary
             to
             obtaine
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             before
             they
             should
             further
             engage
             in
             the
             said
             work
             :
             and
             if
             this
             be
             a
             materiall
             exception
             ,
             then
             the
             before
             mentioned
             Statutes
             for
             dreyning
             made
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Queene
             
               Elizabeth
            
             and
             King
             
               Iames
            
             are
             liable
             to
             the
             like
             exception
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             this
             and
             all
             succeeding
             Parliaments
             disabled
             to
             make
             any
             Law
             for
             improving
             any
             waste
             or
             surrounded
             grounds
             to
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Exception
             ,
             that
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
            
             and
             his
             Participants
             made
             no
             progresse
             in
             the
             work
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             divide
             the
             95000
             Acres
             by
             shares
             and
             lots
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             found
             by
             a
             Jury
             at
             
               Huntington
            
             14
             
               Car.
            
             that
             the
             said
             Earle
             and
             his
             Participants
             had
             not
             meliorated
             the
             Fennes
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             :
             first
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             above
             100000.
             livre.
             disbursed
             by
             the
             said
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
               ,
            
             
             and
             Participants
             by
             advice
             of
             the
             best
             Artists
             that
             were
             to
             be
             gotten
             after
             his
             undertaking
             of
             the
             said
             work
             in
             the
             yeare
             1630.
             and
             before
             the
             Decree
             ,
             or
             setting
             out
             ,
             or
             dividing
             the
             same
             ,
             in
             the
             thirteenth
             yeare
             of
             the
             late
             King
             .
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             proceedings
             at
             
               Huntington
               ,
            
             in
             the
             fourteenth
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             urged
             by
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             (
             wherein
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Maynard
            
             an
             old
             Courtier
             ,
             was
             not
             a
             little
             active
             and
             busie
             to
             advance
             the
             late
             Kings
             interest
             )
             and
             the
             Decree
             thereupon
             ,
             was
             undue
             and
             illegal
             ,
             and
             in
             order
             to
             a
             project
             then
             in
             hand
             ,
             to
             deprive
             the
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
               ,
            
             and
             all
             his
             then
             Participants
             of
             the
             said
             whole
             95000
             Acres
             ,
             after
             all
             the
             expence
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             the
             said
             whole
             95000
             Acres
             ,
             and
             57000
             Acres
             more
             from
             the
             Countrey
             to
             the
             late
             King
             to
             become
             the
             Undertaker
             ;
             which
             proceedings
             were
             condemned
             by
             the
             Parliament
             .
             And
             the
             Petitioners
             themselves
             in
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             their
             exceptions
             confesse
             that
             the
             Decree
             of
             Sewers
             at
             
               Huntington
            
             was
             illegal
             ,
             and
             therefote
             null
             .
             And
             these
             very
             Commissioners
             of
             Sewers
             at
             
               Huntington
               ,
            
             (
             though
             of
             the
             late
             Kings
             choice
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             his
             servants
             )
             were
             so
             much
             convinced
             of
             the
             right
             of
             the
             said
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
            
             and
             his
             participants
             ,
             that
             in
             their
             Decree
             they
             did
             acknowledg
             that
             divers
             great
             Sluces
             ,
             Rivers
             ,
             Dreins
             ,
             Cuts
             ,
             and
             other
             works
             ,
             had
             been
             made
             and
             erected
             by
             the
             said
             Earle
             and
             his
             Participants
             ,
             at
             his
             and
             their
             great
             charges
             within
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             which
             did
             much
             conduce
             to
             the
             dreyning
             of
             some
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             be
             of
             good
             use
             ,
             to
             the
             further
             dreyning
             ,
             imbanking
             and
             recovering
             of
             the
             said
             Fennes
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             late
             Earle
             and
             his
             then
             Participants
             ,
             were
             worthy
             of
             40000.
             
             Acres
             for
             their
             recompence
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             their
             charge
             then
             expended
             :
             And
             if
             it
             be
             considered
             ,
             now
             that
             those
             unrighteous
             Commissioners
             adjudged
             40000
             Acres
             ;
             was
             but
             a
             moderate
             recompence
             for
             above
             100000
             li.
             then
             expended
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             addition
             of
             recompence
             by
             the
             late
             Act
             ,
             is
             but
             55000
             Acres
             more
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             present
             Undertakers
             have
             expended
             above
             200000
             livre.
             since
             the
             said
             Act
             ;
             It
             will
             appear
             that
             the
             now
             Undertakers
             are
             great
             sufferers
             and
             losers
             by
             the
             said
             undertaking
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             maligne
             the
             undertaking
             ,
             would
             be
             loth
             to
             reimburse
             the
             money
             expended
             with
             damages
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             land
             dreyned
             now
             all
             the
             hazard
             is
             past
             ,
             subject
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             future
             maintaining
             the
             works
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Pretence
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             interruption
             to
             the
             work
             but
             feares
             that
             the
             undertaking
             was
             declared
             against
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             late
             Parliament
             in
             
               December
            
             1641
             The
             same
             is
             formerly
             answered
             ,
             that
             Declaration
             being
             against
             Improvements
             by
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             Lords
             of
             Wastes
             without
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             concerning
             this
             dreyning
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             under
             consideration
             of
             a
             Committee
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             but
             their
             feares
             were
             ,
             that
             some
             tumultuous
             and
             busie
             narrow-hearted
             men
             (
             who
             savour
             nothing
             of
             publick
             concernment
             ,
             which
             is
             crosse
             to
             their
             private
             humour
             ,
             )
             might
             give
             interruption
             
             to
             the
             work
             ,
             if
             not
             setled
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             did
             resolve
             not
             to
             engage
             their
             Estates
             further
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Authority
             and
             countenance
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             exception
             ,
             which
             saves
             to
             the
             Undertakers
             breaches
             by
             inevitable
             accidents
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             convenient
             time
             to
             be
             repaired
             and
             made
             good
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             ;
             That
             in
             reason
             no
             further
             provision
             can
             be
             made
             for
             the
             Countrey
             in
             that
             particular
             ,
             then
             is
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             in
             regard
             provision
             is
             made
             for
             the
             dreining
             and
             imbanking
             ,
             and
             making
             the
             same
             Winter-ground
             in
             such
             manner
             as
             the
             rivers
             which
             did
             overflow
             the
             same
             or
             any
             of
             them
             should
             not
             overflow
             the
             grounds
             within
             the
             said
             Level
             :
             which
             thing
             is
             already
             done
             ,
             and
             works
             made
             which
             have
             not
             onely
             been
             adjudged
             to
             be
             sufficient
             ;
             but
             have
             by
             experience
             proved
             so
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             concernment
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             95000.
             acres
             is
             a
             sufficient
             obligation
             upon
             them
             to
             preserve
             the
             same
             :
             But
             if
             by
             some
             inevitable
             passage
             of
             providence
             ,
             any
             extraordinary
             flood
             or
             storme
             should
             come
             ,
             or
             any
             water
             coming
             through
             any
             quick-sand
             under
             a
             bank
             )
             not
             by
             humane
             reason
             ,
             charge
             ,
             or
             industry
             ,
             to
             be
             foreseen
             ,
             or
             prevented
             )
             any
             work
             should
             faile
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             repaire
             it
             in
             convenient
             time
             ,
             the
             late
             Parliament
             did
             ,
             and
             all
             reasonable
             men
             will
             conceive
             that
             they
             have
             performed
             their
             undertaking
             ,
             and
             without
             that
             provision
             ,
             no
             rational
             man
             would
             have
             ingaged
             in
             the
             said
             work
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Exception
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             liberty
             of
             leaving
             15000
             acres
             for
             beds
             &
             receptacles
             for
             waters
             ,
             whereby
             the
             drowned
             land
             of
             
               Thorney
            
             and
             
               Whittlesey
            
             might
             be
             dreyned
             ,
             and
             dry
             land
             drowned
             .
             It
             is
             answered
             :
             First
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             necessity
             for
             such
             a
             provision
             ,
             and
             15000.
             
             Acres
             was
             but
             a
             small
             proportion
             to
             be
             alloted
             in
             so
             great
             a
             Level
             as
             above
             300000
             acres
             .
             But
             secondly
             ,
             that
             this
             exception
             appears
             to
             be
             vaine
             and
             malicious
             ,
             the
             Petitioners
             not
             so
             much
             as
             affirming
             (
             now
             the
             work
             is
             done
             )
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             any
             such
             fraudulent
             and
             indirect
             use
             made
             of
             that
             provision
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             a
             vaine
             pretence
             that
             beds
             and
             receptacles
             for
             waters
             should
             be
             made
             upon
             dry
             lands
             (
             which
             is
             the
             higher
             ground
             )
             so
             it
             would
             have
             been
             very
             imprudent
             in
             the
             undertakers
             to
             drowne
             dry
             ground
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             said
             Act
             gives
             relief
             to
             any
             that
             by
             dreyning
             in
             one
             part
             ,
             should
             be
             drowned
             in
             another
             .
          
           
             To
             that
             exception
             in
             the
             Act
             ,
             that
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             Commissioners
             as
             to
             this
             Level
             is
             altered
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             :
             First
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             above
             50
             Commissioners
             of
             Sewers
             appointed
             by
             name
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             for
             the
             said
             Levell
             ,
             besides
             the
             Judges
             of
             the
             Courts
             at
             
               Westminster
            
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             all
             named
             by
             the
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             by
             the
             view
             of
             their
             names
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             persons
             of
             great
             worth
             and
             understanding
             .
             And
             secondly
             ,
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             the
             Great
             Seale
             (
             who
             appointed
             Commisssioners
             of
             Sewers
             upon
             all
             Commissions
             )
             have
             power
             to
             nominate
             others
             in
             their
             roomes
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             there
             was
             great
             necessity
             to
             take
             care
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             
             for
             whereas
             upon
             other
             Commissions
             of
             Sewers
             all
             the
             Lands
             within
             the
             danger
             of
             surrounding
             ,
             are
             liable
             to
             contribute
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             maintaining
             the
             works
             by
             this
             Act
             the
             95000.
             
             Acres
             designed
             to
             the
             undertakers
             ,
             are
             onely
             made
             liable
             to
             the
             charge
             and
             the
             maintaining
             the
             work
             ,
             and
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             Level
             being
             above
             200000.
             
             Acres
             freed
             from
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Land-owners
             within
             the
             said
             Levell
             ,
             who
             were
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             contributary
             to
             the
             charge
             ,
             were
             justly
             excluded
             from
             being
             Commissioners
             of
             Sewers
             .
          
           
             To
             that
             Exception
             which
             suggests
             that
             upon
             the
             Petitioners
             complaint
             to
             the
             Committee
             named
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             
               Iuly
            
             6.
             1653.
             they
             found
             no
             redress
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             other
             Exception
             which
             suggests
             that
             in
             the
             adjudication
             no
             care
             was
             taken
             to
             provide
             that
             Lands
             which
             should
             receive
             no
             benefit
             by
             the
             dreyning
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             made
             contributary
             :
             and
             to
             another
             Exception
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             adjudged
             the
             grounds
             dreyned
             without
             hearing
             the
             Petitioners
             ;
             it
             is
             answered
             ;
             first
             ,
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             appointed
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             sitting
             in
             the
             
               Temple
            
             Hall
             the
             said
             sixth
             of
             
               Iuly
            
             1653.
             upon
             complaint
             made
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Maynard
            
             in
             the
             name
             of
             himself
             and
             other
             Inhabitants
             of
             
               Isleham
               ,
            
             did
             give
             him
             a
             full
             hearing
             ,
             and
             did
             offer
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             would
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             there
             were
             any
             ground
             unequally
             and
             unduly
             taken
             out
             of
             
               Isleham
               ,
            
             they
             would
             give
             relief
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             could
             not
             prove
             it
             there
             ,
             and
             could
             prove
             it
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             they
             would
             award
             a
             Commission
             into
             the
             Countrey
             to
             indifferent
             Commissioners
             there
             to
             examine
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Maynard
            
             then
             and
             there
             declared
             that
             he
             would
             Petition
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             so
             that
             this
             part
             of
             the
             suggestion
             is
             altogether
             untrue
             and
             scandalous
             :
             and
             for
             the
             care
             taken
             in
             the
             Adjudication
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             and
             ready
             to
             be
             proved
             ,
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             appointed
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             for
             adjudging
             the
             same
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             received
             sufficient
             information
             ,
             that
             one
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             was
             dreyned
             according
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             would
             not
             proceed
             to
             adjudge
             the
             same
             ,
             until
             they
             had
             sent
             out
             Summons
             to
             all
             the
             parishes
             in
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Level
             ,
             concerned
             ,
             to
             give
             notice
             of
             their
             intended
             Sessions
             ,
             and
             then
             after
             made
             a
             personal
             view
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             had
             Oath
             made
             of
             due
             notice
             of
             their
             summons
             ,
             and
             then
             heard
             all
             Complaints
             ,
             and
             did
             receive
             all
             their
             Witnesses
             on
             all
             parts
             ,
             and
             did
             upon
             all
             Complaints
             which
             they
             found
             just
             ,
             give
             relief
             according
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             and
             did
             observe
             the
             same
             course
             upon
             their
             latter
             adjudication
             of
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             and
             notice
             of
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             Session
             was
             timely
             given
             ,
             and
             the
             Commissioners
             did
             at
             their
             several
             Sessions
             make
             several
             Orders
             ,
             for
             relief
             in
             all
             cases
             ,
             where
             they
             found
             the
             Complaints
             just
             ;
             And
             that
             this
             suggestion
             may
             appear
             to
             bear
             no
             colour
             of
             truth
             ;
             It
             will
             appear
             by
             the
             order
             made
             upon
             the
             last
             adjudication
             at
             
               Elie
               ,
            
             upon
             a
             Petition
             then
             exhibited
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             
               Isleham
               ,
            
             who
             suggested
             ,
             that
             too
             great
             a
             proportion
             was
             taken
             out
             of
             their
             Commons
             ,
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             did
             then
             ,
             by
             the
             consents
             
             of
             the
             then
             Petitioners
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Undertakers
             ,
             referre
             the
             examination
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             to
             Commissioners
             named
             by
             the
             then
             Petitioners
             and
             Undertakers
             ,
             and
             a
             day
             was
             appointed
             for
             hearing
             Witnesses
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             but
             the
             then
             Petitioners
             ,
             finding
             that
             they
             were
             not
             able
             to
             make
             good
             the
             truth
             of
             their
             Petition
             ,
             did
             wave
             any
             further
             proceedings
             upon
             their
             Petition
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Exception
             ,
             which
             gives
             power
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             to
             make
             lands
             improved
             ,
             though
             not
             within
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             to
             be
             contributory
             to
             the
             Undertakers
             ;
             It
             is
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             reading
             of
             that
             clause
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             will
             satisfie
             any
             uninteressed
             person
             :
             for
             whereas
             it
             was
             pretended
             that
             in
             the
             setting
             out
             of
             the
             95000
             Acres
             ,
             some
             were
             drawn
             to
             contribute
             to
             the
             same
             and
             receive
             no
             benefit
             by
             the
             dreyning
             ,
             and
             others
             would
             receive
             benefit
             by
             the
             said
             dreyning
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             contribute
             thereunto
             ;
             the
             Act
             doth
             provide
             to
             relieve
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             also
             that
             such
             Lands
             as
             shall
             be
             better
             in
             quality
             or
             condition
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             said
             dreyning
             ,
             or
             be
             thereby
             secured
             from
             overflowing
             ,
             and
             inundations
             shall
             contribute
             proportionable
             to
             the
             benefit
             which
             the
             Owners
             ,
             and
             occupiers
             of
             such
             Lands
             ,
             shall
             receive
             thereby
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             the
             words
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             which
             no
             reasonable
             man
             can
             opposse
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             undertakers
             hitherto
             have
             made
             no
             benefit
             of
             that
             clause
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             :
             whereby
             the
             troublesome
             disposition
             of
             such
             as
             prosecute
             the
             said
             Petition
             and
             complaint
             ,
             may
             appear
             by
             this
             causelesse
             exception
             .
          
           
             The
             Exception
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             for
             repealing
             the
             two
             Laws
             of
             sewers
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             19.
             
             
               Iac.
               et
               .
            
             14.
             
             
               Car.
            
             because
             they
             were
             illegal
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             themselves
             null
             ,
             is
             vain
             and
             frivolous
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             be
             admitted
             that
             they
             were
             illegal
             and
             null
             (
             whereof
             many
             learned
             men
             did
             doubt
             )
             it
             is
             far
             from
             a
             fault
             to
             declare
             them
             so
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Exception
             to
             the
             Comissioners
             named
             in
             the
             said
             Act
             in
             regard
             ,
             as
             is
             suggested
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             them
             cannot
             Act
             ,
             many
             have
             not
             acted
             ,
             and
             some
             who
             have
             acted
             ,
             have
             put
             the
             Petitioners
             out
             of
             possession
             of
             930.
             acres
             of
             their
             Fennes
             (
             unheard
             )
             whose
             names
             they
             know
             not
             :
             charged
             those
             Commissioners
             to
             have
             adjudged
             Lands
             dreyned
             ,
             which
             were
             never
             drowned
             ,
             and
             those
             hurtfully
             surrounded
             which
             were
             bettered
             by
             overflowing
             ,
             and
             therefore
             conceive
             they
             have
             just
             cause
             to
             except
             against
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             ;
             There
             is
             no
             force
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             the
             Objection
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             material
             ,
             yet
             unlesse
             it
             were
             specified
             which
             of
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             cannot
             act
             ,
             or
             which
             have
             not
             acted
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             to
             answer
             to
             it
             .
             But
             to
             the
             other
             scandalous
             part
             of
             that
             exception
             it
             is
             answered
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             who
             made
             the
             several
             Adjudications
             appear
             upon
             record
             ,
             and
             their
             names
             with
             the
             Judgements
             are
             enrolled
             in
             
               Chancery
               ,
            
             and
             if
             the
             Petitioners
             have
             cause
             of
             complaint
             against
             them
             ,
             it
             were
             but
             just
             they
             should
             be
             heard
             to
             make
             their
             defence
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             suggestion
             
             that
             the
             Judgement
             was
             without
             hearing
             ,
             hath
             no
             truth
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             what
             is
             formerly
             said
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             have
             given
             no
             such
             Judgement
             ,
             as
             is
             untruly
             suggested
             but
             they
             have
             proceeded
             justly
             according
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             and
             the
             Level
             being
             dreyned
             ,
             have
             so
             adjudged
             it
             ,
             and
             set
             out
             the
             95000.
             acres
             as
             the
             said
             Act
             requires
             ,
             whereof
             930.
             acres
             parcel
             of
             3125.
             acres
             of
             
               Isleham
            
             Fennes
             are
             part
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             withal
             at
             the
             same
             Adjudication
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             upon
             complaint
             of
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             
               Isleham
               ,
            
             referre
             to
             Commissioners
             by
             consent
             ,
             to
             examine
             whether
             a
             greater
             proportion
             were
             taken
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             was
             intended
             ,
             and
             surely
             such
             as
             are
             in
             authority
             will
             be
             sensible
             of
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             appointed
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             who
             were
             all
             named
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             benefit
             ,
             but
             much
             trouble
             by
             that
             service
             .
             And
             for
             the
             Petitioners
             surmise
             ,
             that
             some
             should
             be
             disabled
             to
             Act
             ,
             (
             not
             naming
             any
             ,
             )
             if
             that
             should
             be
             true
             ,
             yet
             there
             being
             above
             fifty
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Honour
             and
             integrity
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             cause
             of
             any
             more
             Commissioners
             :
             Howbeit
             ,
             to
             prevent
             all
             colour
             of
             complaint
             therein
             .
             It
             hath
             pleased
             his
             Excellency
             the
             Lord
             General
             and
             Councel
             of
             State
             to
             name
             twenty
             four
             other
             Commissioners
             dwelling
             in
             and
             neere
             the
             said
             Level
             to
             heare
             and
             determine
             any
             complaint
             according
             to
             the
             said
             Act
             so
             as
             it
             may
             appeare
             that
             such
             as
             prosecute
             this
             Petition
             are
             of
             a
             restlesse
             spirit
             .
          
           
             For
             that
             Exception
             of
             depriving
             the
             Petitioners
             of
             the
             benefit
             of
             Commissions
             of
             sewers
             according
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             twenty
             third
             yeare
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             eighth
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             scouring
             of
             the
             old
             dreynes
             would
             leave
             very
             little
             land
             in
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             hurtfully
             surrounded
             :
             And
             that
             there
             is
             a
             sufficient
             provision
             for
             dreyning
             made
             by
             the
             Stat.
             of
             the
             fourty
             third
             yeare
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             most
             part
             of
             this
             is
             formerly
             answered
             ,
             yet
             finding
             these
             exceptions
             made
             double
             in
             their
             Petition
             and
             exceptions
             as
             if
             some
             great
             weight
             lay
             in
             them
             .
             It
             is
             further
             answer'd
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             evidence
             of
             the
             thing
             is
             undeniable
             proof
             ,
             that
             the
             scouring
             the
             old
             dreynes
             would
             not
             recover
             the
             said
             Level
             from
             surrounding
             which
             had
             lien
             hundreds
             of
             years
             ,
             hurtfully
             surrounded
             ;
             and
             the
             maine
             question
             in
             the
             late
             Parliament
             was
             ,
             Whether
             the
             work
             were
             any
             way
             feazible
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             exempts
             the
             country
             from
             charge
             of
             maintaining
             the
             work
             which
             lay
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             ordinary
             Commission
             of
             sewers
             upon
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             twentythird
             year
             of
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
          
           
             And
             lastly
             ,
             it
             was
             almost
             ,
             if
             not
             altogether
             impossible
             to
             know
             the
             certain
             number
             of
             all
             persons
             concerned
             in
             the
             said
             Level
             ,
             whereby
             to
             have
             gotten
             the
             major
             part
             of
             their
             hands
             and
             seals
             to
             our
             Indenture
             according
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             43.
             
               Eliz.
            
             and
             yet
             admitting
             it
             had
             been
             possible
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             argument
             for
             the
             Petitioners
             to
             complain
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             making
             a
             subsequent
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             publike
             good
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             general
             Charge
             in
             the
             Exception
             ,
             mentioning
             ,
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             
             said
             Act
             is
             without
             the
             Petitioners
             consent
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             against
             it
             .
             3.
             
             Unreasonable
             .
             And
             fourthly
             unnecessary
             ;
             the
             two
             first
             of
             these
             suggestions
             are
             not
             ,
             nor
             ought
             to
             be
             of
             weight
             against
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             wherein
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             is
             involved
             ,
             and
             such
             pretences
             tend
             to
             the
             subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             for
             if
             Lawes
             may
             not
             be
             made
             without
             particular
             consents
             of
             private
             persons
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             that
             ever
             any
             Law
             shall
             be
             made
             for
             publike
             good
             ,
             (
             the
             generality
             of
             men
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             covetous
             ,
             and
             self-seekers
             ;
             minding
             their
             own
             private
             before
             the
             publick
             concernments
             ,
             )
             and
             if
             it
             rested
             in
             their
             will
             ,
             would
             never
             part
             with
             any
             of
             their
             private
             Estates
             for
             publike
             uses
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             any
             thing
             they
             enjoy
             to
             be
             employed
             for
             publike
             services
             ,
             which
             all
             Parliaments
             prefer
             before
             any
             private
             concernment
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             to
             the
             pretence
             of
             the
             unreasonablenesse
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             being
             a
             general
             Exception
             ;
             abundantly
             answered
             by
             denying
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             referring
             to
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             clear
             Answers
             formerly
             given
             to
             every
             particular
             Exception
             ,
             wherein
             any
             pretence
             of
             unreasonablenesse
             is
             surmized
             ,
             and
             whether
             the
             work
             was
             unnecessary
             or
             not
             ,
             (
             besides
             the
             Authority
             and
             Judgement
             of
             the
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             doth
             and
             ought
             to
             answer
             and
             silence
             that
             pretence
             ,
             )
             let
             all
             reasonable
             and
             uninteressed
             persons
             judge
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             not
             a
             work
             necessary
             for
             the
             Parliament
             to
             redeem
             and
             recover
             above
             300000
             Acres
             of
             surrounded
             grounds
             within
             this
             Island
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             good
             Arrable
             land
             ,
             Meddow
             and
             Pasture
             ,
             by
             improvement
             whereof
             this
             Common-wealth
             may
             not
             only
             be
             supplied
             with
             cordage
             ,
             linnen
             and
             other
             necessaries
             ,
             but
             many
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             raised
             yearly
             within
             this
             Common-wealth
             ,
             by
             Corne
             ,
             Oyle
             ,
             Hemp
             ,
             Flax
             ,
             and
             other
             Commodities
             ,
             thousands
             of
             poor
             set
             on
             work
             ,
             and
             the
             rage
             and
             violence
             of
             the
             waters
             ,
             which
             threatned
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             to
             many
             adjacent
             parts
             ,
             be
             stopped
             and
             prevented
             .
          
           
             The
             length
             of
             this
             Answer
             ,
             is
             necessarily
             occasioned
             ,
             by
             the
             many
             untrue
             and
             groundless
             surmises
             in
             the
             Petition
             and
             Exceptions
             ,
             and
             to
             manifest
             the
             integrity
             of
             the
             Vndertakers
             ,
             and
             justice
             of
             proceedings
             ,
             through
             all
             this
             chargable
             and
             hazardous
             work
             ;
             Originally
             undertaken
             by
             
               Francis
            
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Bedford
               ,
            
             at
             the
             Countries
             sollicitation
             for
             publick
             good
             :
             That
             the
             profit
             was
             not
             considerable
             to
             the
             charge
             and
             hazard
             ,
             nor
             will
             it
             yet
             answer
             the
             vast
             summs
             of
             money
             expended
             by
             the
             said
             Vndertakers
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             being
             ruined
             in
             their
             Estates
             by
             reason
             thereof
             .
             Most
             of
             the
             present
             Vndertakers
             became
             engaged
             in
             the
             perfecting
             the
             said
             work
             ,
             upon
             the
             Authority
             and
             Credit
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             have
             expended
             near
             
               300000
               li.
            
             upon
             that
             security
             ;
             and
             the
             charges
             for
             repairs
             yearly
             are
             estimated
             to
             be
             
               10000
               li
               .
            
             the
             works
             for
             the
             dreyning
             ,
             are
             such
             as
             are
             not
             elsewhere
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             scarce
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             ,
             worthy
             the
             care
             and
             countenance
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Act
             it self
             just
             ,
             honourable
             and
             necessary
             ,
             and
             sufficient
             provision
             thereby
             for
             just
             complaints
             ,
             and
             only
             the
             Vndertakers
             therein
             ,
             the
             great
             sufferers
             and
             losers
             ,
             and
             will
             appear
             guilty
             of
             ●●other
             fa●l●
             ,
             sav●
             indiscretion
             to
             hazard
             their
             Estates
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             publick
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             And
             whereas
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Maynard
            
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             commend
             
               Reede
            
             and
             
               Sedge
            
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             rich
             Commodities
             to
             be
             taken
             care
             of
             ,
             and
             hath
             stiled
             those
             ,
             produced
             by
             the
             labour
             and
             cost
             of
             the
             Undertakers
             ,
             upon
             the
             improvement
             to
             be
             
               trash
            
             and
             
               trumpery
            
             ;
             yet
             such
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             the
             advantages
             this
             yeare
             arising
             by
             them
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             small
             part
             of
             the
             Fennes
             coming
             lately
             to
             hand
             ,
             is
             hereby
             offered
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             prudent
             persons
             .
             There
             was
             28000
             Acres
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Fenn-ground
             ,
             sowen
             with
             Cole-seed
             ,
             Wheat
             ,
             Barley
             ;
             Oates
             and
             Flax.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                   
                     li
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     sh
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     d.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     1.
                     
                  
                   EVery
                   Acre
                   for
                   Hassocking
                   ,
                   burning
                   the
                   Hassocks
                   ,
                   Plowing
                   ,
                   burning
                   the
                   Sword
                   ,
                   and
                   sowing
                   with
                   Cole-seed
                   ,
                   cost
                   one
                   pound
                   ,
                   which
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   such
                   as
                   would
                   work
                   ,
                   whether
                   poor
                   or
                   rich
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     28000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     2.
                     
                  
                   Every
                   Acre
                   of
                   Seed
                   ,
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   Barley
                   or
                   Oates
                   that
                   were
                   sowen
                   ,
                   being
                   near
                   
                     10000
                  
                   Acres
                   cost
                   in
                   Seed
                   ,
                   
                     8s
                  
                   .
                   per
                   Acre
                   ,
                   which
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Countrey
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     4000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     3.
                     
                  
                   The
                   small
                   division
                   Dykes
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   Adjudication
                   ,
                   came
                   clear
                   to
                   the
                   poor
                   Labourers
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     3000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     4.
                     
                  
                   Expended
                   for
                   Timber
                   ,
                   Carpenters
                   ,
                   Bricklayers
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Labourers
                   ,
                   in
                   building
                   houses
                   above
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     10000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     5.
                     
                  
                   The
                   reaping
                   ,
                   threshing
                   and
                   carriage
                   of
                   Cole-seed
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   fit
                   for
                   the
                   Boats
                   ,
                   to
                   poor
                   Labourers
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     3
                     li.
                  
                   per
                   Last
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     25000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     6.
                     
                  
                   The
                   reaping
                   ,
                   threshing
                   and
                   carriage
                   of
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   Rie
                   ,
                   Oates
                   ,
                   Barley
                   and
                   Flax
                   to
                   Labourers
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     5000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     7.
                     
                  
                   The
                   carriage
                   of
                   farre
                   above
                   
                     5000
                  
                   of
                   Cole-seed
                   ,
                   and
                   above
                   
                     1000
                  
                   of
                   Wheat
                   and
                   other
                   Commodities
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Watermen
                   of
                   
                     Lyn
                  
                   and
                   
                     Wisbeach
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     2700.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     8.
                     
                  
                   The
                   transportation
                   by
                   water
                   ,
                   of
                   Materials
                   for
                   houses
                   ,
                   to
                   Watermen
                   and
                   other
                   works
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     300.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     9.
                     
                  
                   The
                   chambering
                   of
                   
                     3000.
                     
                  
                   Last
                   at
                   the
                   least
                   in
                   
                     Lyn
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   thereabouts
                   at
                   
                     4d
                     .
                  
                   the
                   Last
                   per
                   week
                   for
                   
                     13.
                  
                   weeks
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     650.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     10.
                     
                  
                   At
                   
                     Lyn
                  
                   to
                   Meeters
                   and
                   Porters
                   at
                   
                     12d
                     .
                  
                   per
                   Last
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     150.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     11.
                     100
                     
                  
                   Last
                   of
                   Seed
                   ,
                   Wheat
                   and
                   other
                   graine
                   to
                   
                     London
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   other
                   parts
                   by
                   shipping
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     10000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     12.
                     
                  
                   There
                   is
                   this
                   present
                   year
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   for
                   the
                   next
                   yeare
                   ,
                   expended
                   to
                   Workmen
                   and
                   Labourers
                   in
                   hassocking
                   ,
                   plaining
                   ,
                   burning
                   ,
                   sowing
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   Cropps
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     30000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
               
                 
                   
                     13.
                     
                  
                   The
                   State
                   in
                   Custome
                   ,
                   Excise
                   〈…〉
                   Impost
                   ,
                   for
                   Cole-seed
                   ,
                   Oyle
                   and
                   otherwise
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     5000.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             By
             which
             ,
             besides
             the
             great
             charge
             of
             dreyning
             ,
             this
             yeare
             it
             appears
             there
             is
             expended
          
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Labourers
                   ,
                   Workmen
                   and
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     95000
                     li.
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   In
                   
                     Lyn
                     ,
                  
                   Chambers
                   ,
                   Porters
                   and
                   Watermen
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     3600
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   shipping
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     10000
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   State
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     5000
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   These
                   are
                   the
                   Advantages
                   which
                   have
                   accrued
                   to
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   and
                   th●
                   〈◊〉
                   this
                   yeare
                   by
                   a
                   small
                   quantitie
                   ,
                   of
                   about
                   
                     28000
                  
                   Acres
                   ,
                   beside
                   the
                   intrinsecal
                   value
                   of
                   the
                   Commodities
                   themselves
                   produced
                   by
                   this
                   Charge
                   to
                   the
                   Common-wealth
                   not
                   here
                   set
                   down
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     113600
                     li.
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                     s.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     00
                     d.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             And
             if
             above
             
               100000
               livre.
            
             advantage
             ariseth
             by
             so
             small
             a
             quantity
             ,
             under
             so
             many
             discouragements
             ,
             a
             good
             Common-wealths-man
             will
             easily
             judge
             ,
             what
             annual
             profit
             and
             benefit
             will
             redound
             to
             this
             Nation
             ,
             by
             the
             improvement
             of
             the
             whole
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baddeley
          
           within
           the
           middle-Temple-gate
           .
           1653.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A25545e-30
           
             See
             the
             〈…〉
             der
             Par●●●ment
             .
             ●●Feb.
             16●●
             
          
           
             See
             the
             〈…〉
             der
             .
             of
             1646.